Locked-nut apparatus



Jan. 19,1926.

C. A. GODSHALK. Loom) Nu'r APPARATUS Filed July 22, 1924 alito: nu.:

ToI all Maho/m, "it muy concerqt'r',

Be v it known' thatv I, y(limination delphia andState of Pennsylvania, have inf vented certain new and usefullmprovements.' in'LockedNutApparatusof whichithe 1:01;

vlowing is-ai'specificationi f l The invention relates to locked nuts, that.

is to say, nuts adapted to `be applied tobolts from which they areremoved from time to' n 7." 'A bolt 11' is pivotallyV mounted onfthe time as occasion may require,l.but whichiuntil the time lof removal by an authorized person 1t is desirable shouldbe locked and held: against anyv unauthorized,manipulatiom eitherof a. meddler or a person maliciously incli'nedfilt 4has' 4fon its object'to improveV means onpap-a paratus employedvforlocling suchia nut by key-operated lock mechanismf" While the inventionmay -bef'put toa-'wide varietyjof uses,"it is especially well' adapted as a 'spare tire-lock .for automobiles, and. I vhave in the accompanying drawings, illustrated the in-- Vention in such connection.' y

Referring tothe drawings I II`igure-1l is a sectional View ofaspare tire carrier and lock embodyingmyf1m`1ent1on, .v

Y the locking parts being shown in elevation sog . lock, detached.

Fig. 2 is `an end View of` such locking .partsfj Fig. 3 is an end-View of the key-operated Inthe drawings 2 design holder uponl which Ais supported the ofi a sparetire, suchholderj4 being usually located at the rear of an auto1nobile ,v To thi'si holder Yis riveted or otherwise securedfa Ybracket 3 from which v'extendsa1- screw-'1 threaded bolt or pin .which passes freely through an aperture nfafGlamp piecejll that is adapted to .engagewith the tire riI'ntoj'` hold it upon the support '2. The partsthusf far ldescribed are 'well 1. known in thev artand `j are standard equipment upon many automo--`v 'biles.

construction so far as Ymy present linvention They may be variedinv details'iof is concerned; f

A nut 6 engages with the bolt.falvldji's em-v ployed to bear against .the clamp piece' and .i

hold it inplace against the rilnofftheitire `that may be mounted 'uponv the support-2.. Y There is connected with or carried by'this nut a'casing 7, being either integral there-gA with ory secured thereto, as maybe preferred,

` and in this casing is supported `the rotating. barrel Sofa key-"operated flock, in'this 1n` f tes the vring stancea pinptumble.' 'adapted 6':

operated vby agspecial key. 9.

,r The bf 'rrely 'of kthelockis conti-ned entirely 1',

within .the casing '7 except for its.: exposed nel" pin| 10 thatzis eccentricallydisposed* withl fre?Y j 1 'spectftoA the jaxis of the flockjbarrel. .'.lhej ping'l'OLmoyes'within afchamber 13 vat the .rearlofthe lock barrelan'disgentirely .pro

'tectedand covered by thegwalls of the casing ,pin 10 `yilldfextends outward through 'an opening 12in the -wall of the casing, A lThe C bolt 11 is'arranged to' move alonglines that areat right vangles to `the -axis ofthe. bolto'r .pin y5l and yis projectedv outfthroughthe open- Vinjg 12whenl the lock barrel yis moved,- to the. r

to'setj into aligning openings 16, 16 formed `l respectively in the' bracket 3 and clamp piece 4L.V These openings are usually found in the standard equipment 'of `tire-holding lparts upon automobiles, andI take advantage'of" them, as-indicated,"i'n supporting the post "14. 4When mounted "as shownfthis post is;l

:disposed alongsidethe nut and casing, 'and is r` Vents the turning 4of Vthe 'nut and its casing uponthe'bolt 5 iso, long as the pestis seatedf` v and held inplacal yThe locking boltjll Opf.. 1 f crates to Vsecurelthe, post in place, holding itv i v:in the .position indicated in'FigJZ-,So long Vas, it engages therewith. This engagement ff' fis eectedfby throwing the'lockboltfandw0 causing it'to yenter an aperture. orI recess 17 casing .27,11 and, further, f by lreason O'f-the -'en prefieran-.formed with, anat fate 1s alanis 90 Y' ppose ;l;and in ,closefproximityto a flat face 18 vofthelock casinglwwith the'result that. the @post pcsitively.- andy directly j pre-` `in thefouter portion ofthe post 14.; .When-f' thuslocked,fras represented. in FigL Vl, it; is 'Y i mpo'ssi b1e to. remove' the post, which thusy becomes ineiiect and operation a rigid part y to whichthe nut 6 `islocked, and which pref., gf'. j .f yentsj, the rotation' of theVV nut, first by' Yitself. `lying"directly inthe :path ofrotationof the y gagement of the lockjboltwith'the post.V .Thelupfson look bolt performs two looking functions when shot into the o ening 17 first, it Vprevents theremoval o .the post;` and, second, it prevents the turning of the nut. Vhen the bolt 11 is retracted, by the use ofthe be removed from its connection with the tire holder, and this separation -may take" Vplace along right lines which, in them;

stance represented, are parallel Withthe axis of thepin `or threadedfbolt 5.v

in thedrawingsmtheloek casing? is at Atheout'eri end ofy the nut 6,'andeloses ,at its.

outerfend the screw-threaded' opening into which enters the bolt 5., The looking boltll extends outward throughkonew of the Sides of 'the easing so that when projeotedb yond the faceof the; lockeasing is luposition to operate to prevent rotation-of the nut. Y,

What I elaimgis:

1. rl`he combination, with: a ser eW-thr'eaded pin and a' nut adapted to engagethereWith, of arlock casing Carried by the nut and ,turning thereyvith, a removable post adapted. to be set in position adjacent tothe said look easing and arranged to directly `prevent ,the

turning of thel nut, the 4sa-idpo'st and ,casing having faces set opposite and eloseto each other, a lock mechanism 1n `the easing, yand a bolt adapted to be moved by the look mecha.-

ansln so as to bridge the spaoebetween the Y for it in the post, the look bolt Serving to prevent removal of the post and also the .rotation:ofaa.the`-.nut-and fleasilngwhich it Carries* 2. A vlnut adapted to engage With a 'screwthreaded pin, a look easing at the end of the nut Closing' the screw-threaded opening therein, a lock mee-hanisrn.,*supported inlrthe-Vv In' the form of my invention illustrated oasingand a lookingbolt adaptedutobegop# easing and post and-to enter areoessprovided so as -.to-K be.y projected out laterally] through one ofthe@ sidesof thedock basing. and ,beif':

ed pin anda nut adapted A,toenf-agethefrefy,.

with, itheinut .carrying ya look easing. closing ,thezoutei'xendfofthe Shrew-.threaded open- .V ing therein, a loek 'mechanism supported in l the easing, lockingy bolt adaptedt'o berop-i erated by the look,'mechanismandloeated'so` as to be projected out laterallythrouglroney of the sides of the casing rand beyond the.

face thereof, and a movable post looated aide' -jaeent to thescrew-threaded pin so as :to interfere with the freerotationI of the nut, `Vthe looking-.bolt beingnarranged torengage with the postv when projeeted. `f

CLARENGET A. GODSHALK f reo 

